Sure enough, it was that fat guy who took Teacher Zhang's food.
Ning Yu and her companion communicated with several survivors in a "friendly" manner, checking several rooms.
But there were no clues.
She almost suspected that the food wasn't taken by anyone, but that Teacher Zhang had really dropped it on the way.
Fortunately, Shen Yiyue, who was searching separately, heard noises from Fatty Zhao's room and called Ning Yu over.
What a surprise.
The person who needed food the most had their hard-earned food taken by the person who needed it least.
How ironic.
[Ding! Mission: Remnant Flower completed!]
[Rewards issued: Stamina +1, Mental Power +1, Skill Shop permission unlocked!]
[Hidden reward condition achieved: Found the lost food before Bai Xuan's death]
[Hidden rewards issued: Free Attribute Point *1, Points *3000, Random Skill Gacha (Low-tier) *1]
When Ning Yu opened the cabinet door, consecutive notification sounds rang in her mind.
Not only was the mission completed, but she also achieved the hidden reward condition.
Although the attribute points went astray again, it was only one point in Mental Power.
The hidden reward's Free Attribute Point was, without doubt, allocated to Stamina.
Ning Yu's attributes now stood at: Stamina 10, Mental Power 5, Charm 9.
She felt her basic physical capabilities were approaching her previous life's level, with both strength and speed becoming very powerful.
Yet her body showed no physical changes.
It wasn't scientific at all, but it didn't need to be.
The hidden reward also gave 3000 points, and adding the points from killing zombies these past few days, Ning Yu's total reached 6310.
Nearly 1000 of those were contributed by Shen Yiyue.
She'd check out the newly unlocked skill shop later; first, she needed to deal with the current situation.
Sun Jiao's injuries were briefly treated by Shen Yiyue, but whether she could truly survive depended on her own fate.
Being struck by such thick steel bars, the internal bleeding could lead to unknown complications.
"Xiao Yu, what should we do with this guy?"
Shen Yiyue pointed at Fatty Zhao, who was sprawled on the ground, still unconscious.
"Keep watch here, I still have use for him."
Ning Yu put away her Crimson War Blade, but grabbed Fatty Zhao's unconscious body with one hand, dragging him along.
The scene was quite jarring - a tiny silver-haired loli carrying a man several times her size.
But Shen Yiyue was already used to it and simply nodded obediently.
"Are you going outside?"
Seeing Ning Yu dragging Fatty Zhao's body toward the door.
It was already deep into the night, what was she planning to do with him?
"Wait for me, I'm going fishing."
Ning Yu turned back with a mysterious smile.
Fishing?
Several question marks popped up above Shen Yiyue's head... well, not little kids, just question marks.
But Ning Yu had already walked out.
Now that the gymnasium mission was complete, it was time to find that mutant zombie butcher on the cafeteria rooftop.
Time to collect the points stored there.
With some distance still to go before reaching the cafeteria, Ning Yu opened her panel.
The shop now had a [Skills] tab in addition to [Supplies], [Weapons], and [Special], but when opened, it was disappointingly sparse.
[Random Skill Gacha (Low-tier): Obtain random low-tier skill or skill upgrade book. Required points: *5000]
[Skill Slot Expansion Ticket: Permanently increase equippable skills by +1, you have equipped (1), current limit is (3). Required points: *20000]
[Normal Punch (Legendary): Just an ordinary punch, unavoidable, one-hit kill. (Using this skill may cause permanent hair damage). Required points: *999999, Limited time offer.]
???
Ning Yu didn't know where to begin with her complaints.
These skills couldn't be freely selected and purchased like [Supplies] or [Weapons].
Only random draws were available, truly embracing certain mechanics.
And there was even a limit on simultaneously equipped skills, currently capped at 3.
Her Detect skill already occupied one slot.
Wanting to equip more skills required expansion.
What a shame it wasn't made into a pay-to-win mobile game.
Then there was this limited-time legendary skill [Normal Punch].
It seemed to be a directly purchasable skill, but 999999 points?
[Normal Punch] had a countdown timer beside it, probably refreshing periodically.
She was lucky to see a legendary-tier skill, but it was completely unaffordable!
And why was this legendary skill's name so casual? Normal Punch?
However, the mission's hidden reward had already given her a skill gacha, so Ning Yu decided to try that first.
She clicked on the [Random Skill Gacha (Low-tier)] in her inventory.
[Do you want to perform a random skill (Low-tier) draw?]
Draw.
[Drawing in progress....]
[You obtained: Low-tier Skill Upgrade Book.]
Ning Yu immediately checked the description.
[Low-tier Skill Upgrade Book: Can upgrade your existing low-tier skill to mid-tier.]
This was good!
Ning Yu directly applied the [Low-tier Skill Upgrade Book] to her [Detect (Low-tier)].
Upgrading to mid-tier would allow her to see low-tier monsters' weaknesses, perfect for testing on the butcher.
[Ding! Your skill: Detect has been upgraded to mid-tier]
[Detect (Mid-tier): Can detect and provide information about nearby mid and low-tier mutant zombies, and reveal low-tier zombies' weaknesses.]
Perfect!
Ning Yu was eager to know what weaknesses that terrifying butcher had.
While she was contemplating whether to spend 5000 points on another low-tier skill gacha,
The Fatty Zhao she was dragging suddenly woke up.
As soon as he started struggling, a knife appeared at his throat.
"Don't move."
Ning Yu spoke coldly without looking at him, her Crimson War Blade already formed in her hand.
"What... what are you going to do to me?"
Fatty Zhao had realized his situation - he had been dragged outside the gymnasium by the silver-haired loli.
Seeing the zombies stirring in the distance, he became terrified.
This little loli probably wanted his life.
Setting aside how his bulky body could be dragged by a small loli,
Being brought outside the gymnasium couldn't mean anything good.
"What am I going to do?"
Ning Yu gave a cold laugh.
"You'll know soon enough, I'll show you something special."
Something special?
Fatty Zhao was completely confused.
Then, feeling the threat to his life, he began to beg:
"Please, I didn't mean to hurt her, please spare me!!"
"I can apologize to her! I'll kowtow and apologize!!"
Ning Yu ignored him, just walking along at her leisure.
Fatty Zhao suddenly thought of something, his eyes widening as if grabbing onto a lifeline:
"If... if you spare me! I'll tell you about something good, only I know where it is!"
"Oh?"
Ning Yu's interest was suddenly piqued, finally turning her beautiful amber eyes toward him.
"Do tell."
wed him to see the innate talent, destiny, and future of those he invested in. The greater the destiny of his target, the richer the rewards he would reap. Then he discovered that the aloof girl next door, his childhood sweetheart, possessed the highest-grade crimson destiny—a future destined to reign supreme as the Empress of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. Lately, she seemed troubled, pondering how to unlock her sealed meridians and unleash her talents ahead of time... — — — My name is Ying Bing, one of the Nine Heavenly Sovereigns, titled the Phoenix Empress, reigning invincibly over the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. I have been reborn and bound to a Peerless Genius System, where ranking first among my peers grants me rewards. [Would you like to activate the Punishment Mechanism?] [Upon activation, rewards will increase, but after the rankings are announced, you must carry out the "Punishment of the Defeated" on the top-ranked individual.] Ying Bing: "I can’t very well punish myself, can I?" — — — Years later. Ying Bing: "Can’t you let me win just once?" Li Mo: "First, call me 'husband' properly—I didn’t hear it clearly last time."
iving with nine beautiful women. [Ding! Welcome back to the Joyous Sect, Host…] Lin Yu: ??? I’m clearly in a shared rental, but you’re saying I’m in the Joyous Sect? Watering plants is now [Tending to Spiritual Flora]? Cooking becomes [Researching Elixirs]? Making the bed turns into [Setting Up Formations]? A gentle and innocent auntie, twin classmates, a mysterious hacker girl on leave, a severely socially anxious artist, an elementary school Chinese teacher, a community hospital nurse, a pet shop owner, an antique clock restorer… This system… is kinda interesting.
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
